Answer:
a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.
"five categories of intelligence"
Similar:
class
classification
categorization
group
grouping
bracket
head
heading
list
listing
set
type
sort
kind
variety
species
genre
breed
style
brand
make
model
family
stamp
cast
ilk
kidney
grade
grading
order
rank
status
division
section
department
compartment
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PHILOSOPHY
one of a possibly exhaustive set of classes among which all things might be distributed
